Category Archives: Family Ties

As a documentary family and newborn photographer, watching couples grow into a family is one of the most heartwarming parts of my job. You may remember this sweet French couple and their frenchie “Hawaii” from their maternity session a few months back HERE. I got the chance to meet their first baby and document their time together in their lovely San Francisco flat.
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I usually reserve personal posts for my other blog, Clark Family Diaries, but I thought this one needed to be ye ol’ main page here. Because without these two amazing humans, I wouldn’t be the photographer I am today. The laughter and memories I’ve had with these ladies since my introduction into the photography world has been nothing less than ridiculous (in all the good ways). Having shot nearly 30 weddings with Anita in the past few years, you truly get to know someone. We are talking like 300 hours here people. Hours of working together, driving together, late night conversations about photography and life in general. I actually had to delete all the text message threads on my phone between Corinne and I because it was taking up gigs of space. Yes, GIGS. That’s a lot of chatting and image sharing. We got to spend a few days together at a beach house in Bodega Bay cooking, drinking wine (sans Corinne with her baby belly), and laughing hysterically about everything and nothing.  A couple of our boys couldn’t miss school so we had to leave them behind. The weather was perfect, giving us a nice mixture of that soft, overcast light one day and that intense, deep sun drenched magic the next. Of course what do 3 photographers do when they are together but take pictures of each other. Enter the beauty that is my friends and the California Coast.

Thank you for Corinne for the picture of me n’ my mini me!

Getting to watch people grow their families through the lens is by far one of the most rewarding parts of being a photographer. Watching them transition from couple to parents of one and eventually parents of two or more is such an amazing journey. This family is not only super easy on the eyes, but they are full of love and adventure and wanted to incorporate a family outing in addition to outdoor portraits. Shooting my family on location is one of my personal hobbies and when families choose to add this type of outing into the session…I get too giddy for words. Because in essence, it’s what you do, right? You go out and DO stuff with your family. You eat, you shop, you play. I love how they let their daughter be photographed with “her baby” in all the shots because really, isn’t it these little things you want to remember? Your little girl’s favorite toy…how little your son was in the car seat at breakfast….

Thank you for taking me along and letting me experience a morning with you while catching moments in time that are so fleeting in the busy hustle and bustle of life. Oh and viewers…if you want to take a little stroll down memory lane with this family, you can find them HERE just a few short years ago.

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